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TEN LABORATORY-CONFIRMED CASES OF ANTHRAX FOUND IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, December 4. /ARKA/. House-to-house visits revealed 55 cases
with anthrax symptoms in Armenia, but only 10 cases of the disease
were confirmed after the laboratory analyses, press service of Armenian
ministry of health reported.
In October, several anthrax infection cases were recorded among
animals in Gegharkunik of Armenia. Later 21 people were hospitalized
with anthrax infection symptoms, but only one case of the disease
was confirmed after the laboratory analyses.
In the beginning of November, a woman from Ushi village of Aragatsotn
region was confirmed to have the disease. Cases of anthrax among
animals were also reported in Tavush and Armavir provinces.
People often apply to doctors even with small skin damage cases
in the nidus of the disease, which leads to higher probability of
misdiagnosis, says the report.
According to the report, there are currently no people hospitalized
with anthrax.
Preventive and anti-epidemic measures are under way.
Anthrax is an acute infectious disease that may occur in a skin form,
more rarely intestine, lung and septic forms. The source of the
infection is domestic animals (cows, sheep, goats, pigs). Humans are
often infected through contact and while using foodstuffs contaminated
with spores, as well as through water, soil, fur clothing and other
contaminated material. No cases of infection from humans to humans
are recorded. The spores of the infection may survive in the soil
for up to a hundred years. ~V0--
From: A. Papazian
YEREVAN, December 4. /ARKA/. House-to-house visits revealed 55 cases
with anthrax symptoms in Armenia, but only 10 cases of the disease
were confirmed after the laboratory analyses, press service of Armenian
ministry of health reported.
In October, several anthrax infection cases were recorded among
animals in Gegharkunik of Armenia. Later 21 people were hospitalized
with anthrax infection symptoms, but only one case of the disease
was confirmed after the laboratory analyses.
In the beginning of November, a woman from Ushi village of Aragatsotn
region was confirmed to have the disease. Cases of anthrax among
animals were also reported in Tavush and Armavir provinces.
People often apply to doctors even with small skin damage cases
in the nidus of the disease, which leads to higher probability of
misdiagnosis, says the report.
According to the report, there are currently no people hospitalized
with anthrax.
Preventive and anti-epidemic measures are under way.
Anthrax is an acute infectious disease that may occur in a skin form,
more rarely intestine, lung and septic forms. The source of the
infection is domestic animals (cows, sheep, goats, pigs). Humans are
often infected through contact and while using foodstuffs contaminated
with spores, as well as through water, soil, fur clothing and other
contaminated material. No cases of infection from humans to humans
are recorded. The spores of the infection may survive in the soil
for up to a hundred years. ~V0--
From: A. Papazian